Cybersecurity Project Manager

Cybersecurity Project ManagerLocation: Columbus, OH (Hybrid - Onsite Tuesday through Thursday)Position Type: ContractPosition SummaryWe are seeking a Cybersecurity Project Manager to guide cross-functional security initiatives from planning through implementation. This role combines practical project leadership with a working understanding of cybersecurity, risk, compliance, and enterprise technology delivery. The successful candidate will manage full project lifecycles using Agile, Waterfall, or iterative methods; coordinate technical and business stakeholders; maintain delivery and financial controls; and ensure security objectives are completed on time and within budget. This hybrid role requires local candidates who can work onsite in Columbus on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.ResponsibilitiesPlan and manage cybersecurity projects across initiation, design, execution, testing, deployment, adoption, and closeout.Create and maintain project charters, plans, schedules, solution design documents, technical documentation, Agile readiness checklists, UAT approvals, and deployment plans.Coordinate security, IT, business, vendor, finance, and executive stakeholders across multiple functions and organizational levels.Manage risks, issues, decisions, dependencies, demand, capacity, status reporting, budgets, forecasts, accruals, and variance explanations.Support statement-of-work development and track vendor commitments, milestones, deliverables, and progress.Facilitate clear project presentations and translate technical security concepts for non-technical stakeholders.Develop stakeholder assessments, communication plans, adoption strategies, and other change-management artifacts.Apply Agile, Waterfall, iterative, SDLC, and project-management best practices using ServiceNow, Power BI, Jira, and related tools.Build effective relationships with executive sponsors and key stakeholders while promoting accountability and teamwork.Contribute to policy and standards management, compliance and risk assessments, and issue or exception tracking when needed.Required Qualifications3+ years of project-management experience across IT and business functions.Experience managing complex projects with internal and external resources and both labor and non-labor cost components.Working knowledge of Agile, Waterfall, iterative, and SDLC delivery methods and project-management best practices.Experience with project cost management, resource-capacity planning, budgeting, forecasting, accruals, and variance explanations.Strong business-process analysis and process-mapping skills.Experience implementing change-management approaches that support project adoption.Ability to lead indirectly, coordinate diverse teams, and develop relationships with executive sponsors and key stakeholders.Strong presentation, facilitation, organization, problem-solving, and written and verbal communication skills.Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent technical project-management experience.Ability to work onsite in Columbus Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.Preferred QualificationsProject Management Professional (PMP) certification.Agile certification such as Professional Scrum Master (PSM) or Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO).ITIL v3 or v4 certification or practical service-management experience.Experience delivering cybersecurity, governance, risk, compliance, policy, or standards-management initiatives.Hands-on familiarity with ServiceNow, Power BI, Jira, or Archer.Energy or utilities industry experience.